Re-opening to the virus? How the UK government’s conditions for ending the lockdown differ from the WHO
The WHO conditions for safe ending of lockdowns are aimed at eliminating the virus.
The UK government’s conditions are not.
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Hidden care home and community deaths reveal the lives Tories consider most expendable
The high incidence of COVID-19 deaths in care homes should come as no surprise. They reflect not only Boris Johnson’s government’s failure to prepare for a pandemic or to respond efficiently when faced with the coronavirus early this year, but a particular underlying narrative to official policy.
An effective Labour opposition is a matter of life and death
Government policy in Britain remains much closer to ‘herd immunity’, which is tantamount to letting the Covid-19 crisis rip through the population, than to an effective lockdown.
Ecuador’s coronavirus “horror story” – interview with Marcela Aguiñaga
According to the government’s official data Ecuador has 10,128 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 507 deaths, as of the 21st April.
Experts estimate that this official data amounts to less than 10% of pandemic’s actual casualties.
As COVID-19 spreads in Yemen a real Saudi ceasefire is urgent
Epidemiologists warn that Covid-19 in Yemen could spread faster, more widely and with deadlier consequences than in many countries.
Iran battles against the coronavirus
The Iranian people are facing a health emergency that is compounded by Trump’s efforts at regime change in their country.